⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
LocalAI v1.22.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Breaking Changes 🛠 * refactor: rename "llama-master" to "llama" and "llama" to "llama-grammar" by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/776 ### Bug fixes :bug:
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v1.22.0. Source highlight: refactor: rename "llama-master" to "llama" and "llama" to "llama-grammar"
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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)
- Breaking Changes 🛠 * refactor: rename "llama-master" to "llama" and "llama" to "llama-grammar" by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/776 ### Bug fixes :bug:
✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- feat: add llama-master backend
- [build] pass build type to cmake on libtransformers.a build
- feat: resolve JSONSchema refs (planners)
- feat: backends improvements
- feat(llama2): add template for chat messages
- example(functions): Add OpenAI functions example
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- fix: move metal file to grpcs assets
- fix: make completions endpoint more close to OpenAI specification
- [Telegram-bot example] Fix lint for command docker-compose
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<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at master -->
## What's Changed
### Breaking Changes 🛠
* refactor: rename "llama-master" to "llama" and "llama" to "llama-grammar" by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/776
### Bug fixes :bug:
* fix: move metal file to grpcs assets by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/777
* fix: make completions endpoint more close to OpenAI specification by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/790
### Exciting New Features 🎉
* feat: add llama-master backend by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/752
* [build] pass build type to cmake on libtransformers.a build by @TonDar0n in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/741
* feat: resolve JSONSchema refs (planners) by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/774
* feat: backends improvements by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/778
* feat(llama2): add template for chat messages by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/782
### 👒 Dependencies
* :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-bert.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/758
* :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/759
* :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/769
* :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-llama.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/770
* :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/775
* :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-llama.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/723
* :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/785
### Other Changes
* example(functions): Add OpenAI functions example by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/767
* [Telegram-bot example] Fix lint for command docker-compose by @exsplashit in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/787
## New Contributors
* @TonDar0n made their first contribution in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/741
* @exsplashit made their first contribution in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/787
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/compare/v1.21.0...v1.22.0